209:. Despite the establishment of the Argentine Olympic Committee, and his participation and success in all of the trials, Camet did not attend a congratulatory gala for the Olympic delegation, nor did he travel to Paris to participate in the games themselves, for personal reasons. The official report lists him as a member of the official delegation, albeit one who did not participate. That year, the Argentines placed fifth in the team foil competition. He continued to practice fencing until 1926 when, after winning a national championship, he put the sport on hold to complete his law degree.
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Argentina's first participant at the Olympics. Trained as a lawyer, Carmelo Camet gained his training and love for fencing at an early age from his father. By the 1920s he had already won several tournaments and, in 1926, he won the Argentine national fencing
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in Paris, although his name was on the official register as a non-participant. After taking a brief break to finish his law degree, he was part of the
Argentine fencing delegation sent to the
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Francisco Carmelo and Carmelo FĂ©lix Camet at the Olympic Games", International Journal of the History of Sport, 19:4, 179-191
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